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Green Bay Packers See Detroit Lions HC Dan Campbell Break Silence on Micah Parsons Trade

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Robin M Adams | Last updated Sep 1, 2025 2:44 PM ET

The Green Bay Packers, for the first time in years, will begin the NFL regular season at home in the friendly confines of Lambeau Field. Their Week One opponent, the reigning back-to-back NFC North champion Detroit Lions, are coming off an offseason that saw them lose both their offensive and defensive coordinators to head coaching jobs. Ben Johnson is now the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Aaron Glenn now leads the New York Jets.

Of course, the Packers have made several changes of their own, but none as significant as the addition they made late last week when they sent two first round picks and three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark to the Dallas Cowboys for four-time All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons.

This addition, obviously, was made less than two weeks before the first game of the season, and Parsons only has a week to practice with the Packers before their matchup with the Lions. Despite this, he does plan on being on the field for the season opener.

Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell Discusses the Green Bay Packers Adding Micah Parsons

Green Bay Packers Linked by 1 More NFL Analyst to Dallas Cowboys Star Micah Parsons 1 Jan 14, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) drops back to pass against the Dallas Cowboys in the first half of the 2024 NFC wild card game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Obviously, adding Parsons to their defense is going to change the way opposing teams prepare for Green Bay, and because he was added so close to the start of the regular season, teams do not know exactly how the Packers will use him.

And the Lions are tasked with be the first ones to face the new (and hopefully improved) Packers defensive front. During his media session on Monday, Detroit head coach Dan Campbell was asked about the addition of Parson in Green Bay and what it means for his gameplan.

“I don’t know how much it’ll change necessarily yet,” Campbell said in his press conference. “I mean, we’re not even into third down, so we’ll get more into that in the next couple of days. But certainly, we’ll have our eyes on that.

“We know what kind of player he is. He’s a really good player. But we’ll have a plan.

“Look, they’ve got a good roster. They’ve got good coaches over there — competitive every year. This division is tough, as we’ve said. But we wouldn’t want it any other way. This is why you do it. You love this stuff, man. The competition that’s involved in it, Game 1, out at Lambeau [Field], love Lambeau, division game — the whole deal. So, we’re going to be looking forward to it.”

Green Bay lost both games against Detroit last season, and have lost six of their last seven games against them overall.

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